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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
alkene /ˈalkiːn/

▶noun Chemistry any of the series of unsaturated hydrocarbons containing a double bond, including ethylene and propene.

– origin C19: from alkyl + -ene.

'alkene' also found in these Oxford entries:

ethylene - olefin - propylene

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